Analysis of When I count the seeds
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
When I count the seeds
That are sown beneath,
To bloom so, bye and bye—
When I con the people
Lain so low,
To be received as high—
When I believe the garden
Mortal shall not see—
Pick by faith its blossom
And avoid its Bee,
I can spare this summer, unreluctantly.
| Scheme | XXA BXA XCXCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 11101 111101 111010 111 110111 1101010 10111 111110 00111 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 267 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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